The Harris Project Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471377561
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Ardsley, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9146936068
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Addictive Disorders N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $382,211
- Expenses
- $279,808
- Assets
- $725,359
- Liabilities
- $398,633
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEPHANIE MARQUESANO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- STEPHANIE MARQUESANO (PRESIDENT)
- DINA SHAPIRO (DIRECTOR & TREASURER)
- ALAN MARQUESANO (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote, support and advance prevention of co-occurring disorders (cod) through our coda (co-occurring disorders awareness) peer-led model, and the development and implementation of best treatment practices (including the building of a co-occurring system of care) to meet the complex needs of the individual. The harris project focuses its efforts on teens and young adults.
What it reported doing in 2024
The inclure program provides prevention-focused, prosocial programming for high schoolage youth (grades 9-12) in westchester county, New York who experience mental health and/or substance use challenges or are at risk of co-occurring disorders. The program engages participants in structured, nonsubstance-use social, educational, and community activities designed to build positive relationships, promote recovery-oriented behaviors, and reduce risk factors associated with substance use. Activities include peer-supported events, leadership development opportunities, outreach and awareness initiatives, and collaboration with schools, treatment providers, and community partners. The program emphasizes harm reduction, increased access to safe and supportive environments, improved social connectedness, and the development of healthy coping and decision-making skills. Services are delivered through weekly activities over a 48-week period and are coordinated by trained staff with oversight to ensure safety, compliance with applicable regulations, and responsiveness to participant needs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.3%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.8%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.59; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 63.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 31.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 39.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.3% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $269K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.